A place to find and suggest books for children with autism, and to discuss autism and reading comprehension.

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Books A Ten Year Old Likes & The Power of Pooh

I interrupt my Art series (more Art tomorrow) for one of my favorite things - someone else's favorites!In this case a ten year old boy with autism who likes Pokemon, Ben 10, Spongebob, dinosaurs and Pooh books.Many thanks to his mom for sharing!His list intrigues me:1 Pokemon, Ben 10, Spongeboball very peer relatable characters.2 Dinosaursbooks on this topic are endless andcan lead all sorts of wonderful places.3 Pooh(original or Milne inspired?I don't know.)This last choice speaks to the comfortof familiar characters, and the unwillingnessto discard them just because a kid may bea little older than other kids who like them. Kids with autism often don't worry about ageappropriateness (this can be good/bad).So this is one well balanced kid who combinesin his likes books that will help him with friends,books that will help him with school,and books that he's probably always liked andstill does.And why not? I still like them too.

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I'm the mother of two boys. My twelve year old was diagnosed with PDD-NOS at age two. Reading is a huge big happy place for me. But I couldn't find
a blog that regularly gives book
recommendations for kids on the spectrum, so I created this one - a book of interest every Wednesday and thoughts/info on
reading as people contribute them or as
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